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Re: On fitness

rambodoc — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:47:27 -0000

"Good enough for you?"//

NOOO!
:-)
Tell me something else!

Re: On fitness

rambodoc — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:03:02 -0000

Well, depends on what you consider a 40 year old man fit for! :-D
In most ways, it is not too late, but getting into modern shape is, indeed, difficult because of logistics and motivational issues, as you know too well.

Re: On fitness

rambodoc — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:50:58 -0000

The gym trim is what I meant...

Re: On memory and memorisation

rambodoc — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:54:31 -0000

Very interesting read!
A couple of lines surprised me in that you would normally have chosen more readable sentences.
Ex: "But it is a fundamental and complex trait, that requires and signals many other characteristics in a person that human beings in social and business interactions prize - empathy, a genuine interest in people, the ability to make connections and an ability to remember their name and address them by it."
:-)

Re: The Nobel economists

rambodoc — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:02:16 -0000

Relax, Mahendra!
Think like me: the more things you don't know, the more reliable, famous, and accomplished you are in what you do know. Now concentrate on exposing that, what you do know!
:-)
Disclaimer: I don't share Mahendra's qualms about using humor in anyone's blogs.

Re: One for the feminists

rambodoc — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:42:05 -0000

Was that a long answer..... or a Short Textbook...... of Cambridge History?

Re: Maybe baby?

rambodoc — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:15:03 -0000

Very intelligent post, Shefaly, though I must confess to not clicking on the links to most of the posts, comments or the philosopher's absurd-sounding assertion (viz, no right to bear kids, etc.).
I have to repeat what I said in Nita's blog that if a 100% of the women of a society (reductio ad absurdum) choose to be surrogate mothers, so effing what? Why should this be anyone's business? This call to legislate human behavior is another example of social engineering, another feature of a control State, acting holier than ever before.

Re: Privy Prop

rambodoc — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:30:32 -0000

The problem with the prop-lever thing that would push up the seat up or down is that the men would invariably squirt a bit on it, the younger ones for target practice, and the older ones because of their off-target practice.

Re: The link between weight and cancer

rambodoc — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:13:10 -0000

Uh-oh! There goes my next blog post!

Re: Is it blogging war?

rambodoc — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:18:30 -0000

Have developed a healthy distaste for Blogger now, especially because of this irritating deal. On top of that, I have had some incredible experiences with commenting (almost worth a blog post). Okay, will do that....
:-)

Re: Ten tips on blogging from the father of all blogs

rambodoc — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:12:10 -0000

Congrats! I haven't been around here for a while, have I now? :-)
Tough life, day laborer that I am! And no MBA to boot!
Anyways, I haven't yet read the original post, but I say screw all rules. It's blogging. It's your time and effort. You make your own rules. If they are rational and valid, the world will find your blog. Or else, you are not noticed. But who can't live without that, I wonder?

Re: Second outing: Dietobotics

rambodoc — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:56:34 -0000

Interesting.
A couple of factoids about robots:
S. Korea is the world's largest robot user. The policy of the State is to have robots in 80% of households by 2013. Mostly for menial jobs, and for company, too, I guess. Microsoft is looking at robotics for the next big leap from jadedness.

Re: Look, we have made the Leap!

rambodoc — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:53:48 -0000

Vivek:
The Internet was the creation of DARPA, the famous US agency for Defence research (as you probably know).
Shefaly:
I have no idea, though, what TCP/IP does, except that I have seen the option in 'Internet Connect' on my Mac. You might be surprised, but there are people that know more about fool parts than tool parts.

Re: random notes & schmooze.

rambodoc — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:08:34 -0000

Hi, mate! Thanks for the kind words and all that crap!
Am currently broadly challenged (no, not that kinda broad)in the internet sense
I hope to be able to get internet at home soon so that I can properly look at your blog and make less idiotic comments!
:-)

BTW, your comment box seems to be having a small problem with continence, with mine spilling over to the blogroll...

Re: random notes & schmooze.

rambodoc — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:03:32 -0000

Hi. It looks like a comment of mine is crawling in your spam net.

Re: random notes & schmooze.

rambodoc — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:18:47 -0000

Trying to post a comment here is like applying to the Chief Minister for a free piece of land, where one could build a hospital for poor patients and become malodorously rich.

Re: Scan Man’s Conversations With Patients.

rambodoc — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:00:38 -0000

Navin,
Normal men who watch porn, have other things of interest to see, rather than count the number of testicles hanging down a man's body.
It seems you could do with watching a bit of porn yourself: how on earth can you count a man's testicles when he is at it?
You HAVE to tell me this!
:-D

Re: random notes & schmooze.

rambodoc — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:20:56 -0000

No, actually, I sent in two precious comments which would have qualified nomally for the Nobel Prize in Literature, but your blog ate it up as Spam (Is your blog name Spam Man's Notes?)...
And, though I use a Mac, I am blogging out of home for the past week.
Yeah, I have Firefox as well, but am not fully into it yet....

Re: random notes & schmooze.

rambodoc — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:25:59 -0000

Like I said, I am blogging from out of home for the last week, and so IE it is. Right now I am graffiti-ing one Dr. Laughlin, and a Luis Tata.... sorry, folks!

Re: Photo Hunt - ‘Original’

rambodoc — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:07:29 -0000

Are you shooting blanks, mate, after all these years of xrays??
:-)

Re: Arrested Development.

rambodoc — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:07:06 -0000

"A Need arises.
Tension results.
Activity ensues to resolve Tension.
Satisfactory Resolution is made.
A Habit is formed.
Habit becomes Drive."

And I thought you were talking of sex.
Wonder why.

Re: What Blogging Means To Me.

rambodoc — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:23:43 -0000

Now that was an interesting post!
Just need to get one every other day, is all!
:-)

Re: Why does a CT scan cost so much in the USA?

rambodoc — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:12:44 -0000

Vijay,
US healthcare economics are part of another planet. A few years ago, a friend told me a radiologist who puts in a catheter into the middle cerebral artery for infusing TPA for acute strokes gets paid $10,000!
I couldn't believe it! Similarly, surgeries also cost more there than in India. However, their good days are also over, with major cuts in pay for procedures, and insurance hassles reducing take home checks.
Very good post, thanks!

Re: Happy Deepavali.

rambodoc — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:31:31 -0000

Vijay,
Happy low-cal Diwali!
The last week, I have consumed a total of 35,000 calories. Today's lunch was 3000. For dinner, I am compensating by going low-cal. Only three (or was it four?) Lindt truffles!
:-)

Re: Say No To Medical Conscription.

rambodoc — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:49:43 -0000

Very good post, really!
You have given quite a comprehensive depiction of the issues involved.
It is a no-brainer to say that the politician behind this has no idea of morality or right or the knoledge that the Government cannot have ownership of one year of a student's life.
There is no need for this idiocy. Identify the posts in district hospitals (PHCs are not for Indians or dogs),
and declare vacancies for them. If a graduate is allowed free hand in doing surgeries or whatever else, he or she will willingly go. Perhaps this is too shallow a solution, but at least this recognises that the students should be the masters of their lives, not some fucking politician!

Re: Say No To Medical Conscription.

rambodoc — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:56:58 -0000

Lakshmi,
Good idea!
Except that private hospitals and their students are not, constitutionally speaking, the property of the Government, so that can push them anywhere they want.....

Re: Lost In The Translation.

rambodoc — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:37:11 -0000

Very interesting!

Re: More Awards.

rambodoc — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:47:34 -0000

Thanks for the BTB Scan, Vijay!
:-)

Re: iPhone unlocked - for free!

rambodoc — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:38:40 -0000

When will they open source the iPhone itself?That would be the day I could get one, it seems. For those of you who are seriously rich, like the stockbrokers of the drivers of the relatives of the Ambanis, I recommend that one buy the damn thing, if it is one thing in one's sorry life one does. (Now, I am posting this sodden comment one time only.)
Once Apple brings on an update, sell off the iPhone to your sabzi-wallah, and buy a new one.

Re: Posturing From My New Chair

rambodoc — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:43:50 -0000

"I began to realize that my back has a spinal cord, and that it's made up of individual vertebrae."
Maybe you need to buy a primer on human anatomy first!
:-)

Re: Orkut anti-Shiv Sena community flourishes after recent Sena violence

rambodoc — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 23:55:53 -0000

I continue to enjoy your blog. I, however, note that there is no way I can email you through your blog. Maybe that is going to be a useful add-on. As for me, I hope to continue using humor and pun (at www.bramana.blogspot.com) as weapons to expose the creeps around! Hope it becomes part of your 'Blogs I Read' list! ;-)

Re: Tag Tag Bang Bang

rambodoc — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:28:05 -0000

Arrey yaar! Yeh tag-wag aahe kaay?
Maala kuch kallath nahin!!
Chaailaa...
;-)
Did I get the Ghati accent right, mate?

Re: My Sketches

rambodoc — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:13:36 -0000

Mahendra,
When you see the my avatar, please notice that my hat is off! Your mother's sketch is so evocative!
Great stuff, but last century (antique value=priceless). What about some modern masterpieces, with your emerging philosophical consciousness?

Re: My Sketches

rambodoc — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:25:10 -0000

Alkaterine,
Pinot Noir is so passé! So now that we disagree, let us get back to business!
:-)

Re: My Sketches

rambodoc — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:05:13 -0000

" I will slowly and without your knowledge brainwash you into a pinot noir drinking virtue theory espousing tree hugging chocolate eating feminist.

mwahahaha"

Expecto patronum!
(silvery wisp of jackass floats out from his wand tip and dies at the feet of the fast-gliding Dementor)
Cacchiolata submergus
Dementor drowns in chocolate syrup......

Re: Yearning for Sense Beyond the Earth

rambodoc — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:55:21 -0000

Mahendra,
You need to quieten your mind. I strongly recommend Macallan (18 years): 100 ml in a wide glass with 15 mL of tepid water.
If you can be attended to by people who can kaam, sorry, calm you, it would blow your mind, and then some!
:-)

Re: Response to CPI(M) Objections against the Indo-US Nuclear Deal

rambodoc — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:01:12 -0000

Great going, mate!
Why don't you think of a career in politics?
You have one vote sealed up already!

Re: Law of Social Censorship

rambodoc — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:16:58 -0000

Mahendra's Law sounds good. Congratulations. You just made history!

Re: Law of Social Censorship

rambodoc — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:49:22 -0000

Priyank,
Nehru and Indira Gandhi happened.

Re: Mentally Challenged, Raped, Pregnant. Abort?

rambodoc — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:36:38 -0000

I find myself in total agreement with the commentator you have linked to (E). This is a perennially troublesome ethical dilemma. Overall, I would support the Court's decision, though I don't know its rationale. The law cannot purport to decide for the mother, especially when she is not fully dependent. If the victim were raped and impregnated while in a coma or under a ventilator, what would be the right situation? Obviously, the situation would change, and the State would take full responsibility for the health and safety of the mother, as she is clearly not in a position to take a decision. This is akin to acts taken without relatives'/patient's consent by doctors in emergency/exigency, acting in 'good faith'.
You do as well as your good intentions allow, and take what comes next.
As far as fetal age and rights is concerned, I believe the mother comes first, in case of a conflict of interest, for the reasons you have already stated.

Re: Mentally Challenged, Raped, Pregnant. Abort?

rambodoc — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:17:57 -0000

No, I meant the comment by Ekswitaj.

Re: Posturing From My New Chair

rambodoc — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:43:50 -0000

"I began to realize that my back has a spinal cord, and that it's made up of individual vertebrae."
Maybe you need to buy a primer on human anatomy first!
:-)